Class 1-2/1-3 Lesson 16

Group:

Intermediate
12 students – 8 to 14 years old
Understand how to clear, drop, smash, net shots, lift but need lot of refining of techniques

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Feel free to take more time between drills and see if they need longer breaks

Warm Up (10 mins):

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Getting them warmed up for footwork

Footwork – Partner Pointing – Four Corners (15 mins)

Two in a group. One pointer, one worker.
Pointer stands at the front and points to any of the front or back corner
Work does the proper footwork to the front/back of the court corner then recovers to the middle
Repeat 12x then switch

Notes:

Point the racquet up for the back corners, and point behind you for the front corners
The worker should start with a split steps then move to the front/back immediately when the partners points.
The pointer should point at the last minute so the worker has to change direction quickly – the worker house not “see/anticipate” which direction to move to next until they are almost done recovering back to the middle

Breaks (2 mins)

Technique Practice – Forehand High Serve & High Clear (15 mins)

Two in a group on a half court. One feeder and one worker.
The feeder serves high (straight) and far back of the opposite court.
The worker move back by begin with a split step then body turn side way and shuffle to the back court.
The worker then do a straight clear with scissor kick
The worker should target hitting the bird to the last two lines in the opposite court
The worker have to recover back to the middle court after hit
15 birds a set, switch role after. 3 x

Notes:

Feeder strikes the bird in front and to the side of their body.
Feeder should target to send the bird to between the last two lines.
Worker must move back and hit in front of their body. Not on top of their head or behind their body.
Worker’s elbow and arm must raise to high contact point
Worker pay attention to arm pronation to generate power to hit
Feeder restart serve after worker move back to the middle of the court

Technique Practice – Forehand Drop Shot & Forehand Net Kill (18 mins)

Group of three. Two feeders and one worker
One feeder do forehand high server to the back of the opposite court
The other feeder feed the bird to the net for net kill
The worker move to the back to do a drop shot, recover, watch the net return then move forward to net kill with forehand. After that, recover to the middle of the court.
3 mins time drill then rotate. Coach to keep the time and call to switch

Notes:

Worker must maintain body balance to the front to keep the momentum to go forward
Feeder for net, start feeding after worker recovered from drop shot. Feeding for net can be high to let worker come forward to kill.
Feeder for high server, start feeding when worker return to the base
Coaches pay attention to all students grip. Everyone should use forehand grip/V-grip.
Pay attention to the worker drop shot. do not bend the wrist

Clean up birds and break (2 mins)

Games – King’s Court (15min)

Half court singles
King’s court is a full court game.
3 mins one round. There will be 5 rounds
Players with more points move up towards the King’s court. While the other player move down away from King’s court
Loser of each round does 10 push-ups
Emphasize on technique practiced early. High Server, Clear, Drop Shot and Net Kill

Notes:

Put the weaker players near the King’s court, and put the stronger players near the bottom
Coaches keep track of time and make sure the losers do their push-ups
A coach can play as “King” if there’s an odd number of students
If there are too many players, whoever wins at King’s court can take a break for one round

Games – Doubles (10 mins)

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Cool Down Stretch (5 mins)

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